A week and a half after declaring it was “close on all the conditions” to recommending the state Liberal-National government’s latest proposed enterprise agreement covering New South Wales (NSW) train staff, the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has adopted a stony silence.

A brave step forward for cyborg rights? A media stunt? Or just indifference to contract law? Those are the questions raised by news that biohacker Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow plans to take Transport for NSW (TfNSW) to court after it cancelled his digital travel card.

The 2018 Rylstone-Kandos Show (February 23-24) will miss out on the ‘Rylstone Rambler’, but with work to reinstate the rail link between the two towns right on track – it won’t be long before you’ll be able to take the ride.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Scot MacDonald MLC announced today work will begin in early 2018 on a maintenance facility on the Central Coast to prepare for the arrival of the state-of-the-art New Intercity Fleet.